Finding Aid to the Elizabeth L. Otey Collection

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THE ELIZABETH L. (LEWIS) OTEY (1880-1974) COLLECTION
The collection includes family letters and genealogical notes concerning the OTEY,
LEWIS and related families. Also included are materials added to the original papers by
a member of the Library staff.
BOX 1

1-1 Elizabeth Dabney Langhorne (LEWIS) OTEY - I
1-2 Elizabeth Dabney Langhorne (LEWIS) OTEY - II
Suffrage Movement
1-3 Elizabeth Dabney Langhorne (LEWIS) OTEY Colonial Dames Application
1-4 DAR Applications
1-5 Elizabeth Dabney (LANGHORNE) LEWIS
1-6 OTEY Family
1-7 LEWIS Family - I
1-8 LEWIS Family - II
1-9 LEWIS Family - III
1-10 LEWIS/BRECKENRIDGE Letters

BOX 2

2-1 ABBOT Family
2-2 ASTOR Family
2-3 BARRET Family
2-4 BEZER Family
2-5 BROWN Family
2-6 CABELL Family
2-7 CALLAWAY Family
2-8 CARY Family
2-9 CHISWELL Family
2-10 CLARK Family
2-11 DABNEY Family

2-12
2-13
2-14
2-15
2-16
2-17
2-18
2-19
2-20
2-21

BOX 3

3-1
3-2
3-3
3-4
3-5
3-6
3-7
3-8

3-9 SCHOOLFIELD Family II
3-10 SHELTON Family
3-11 STEPTOE Family
3-12 THURMAN Family
3-13 WADE Family
3-14 WYATT Family
3-15 WYNNE Family
3-16 Colonial Dames Appl.

MATHEWS Family
MILLER Family
MOORMAN Family
NORVELL Family
RICE Family
RICHARDSON Family
SCARSBROOKE Family
SCHOOLFIELD Family

EDGAR Family
GREAVE Family
HAMNER Family
HARRIS Family
HARRISON Family
HOPKINS Family
JOHNSTON Family
KEEN Family
LANGHORNE Family
LOCKEY Family

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BOX 4

4-1 Chart of Interrelationships among the Medieval Barony of England
and Descents from them...
4-2 Chart...(Continued)
4-3 Miscellaneous Photographs
4-4 Scrapbook
ELIZABETH DABNEY LANGHORNE LEWIS OTEY

Elizabeth Dabney Langhorne Lewis, daughter of John H. LEWIS and Elizabeth
Dabney LANGHORNE, was born 4 October 1880 in Lynchburg, Virginia. She attended
Randolph-Macon Woman's College, and was graduated from Bryn Mawr College. She
received her Ph.D. degree in economics from the University of Berlin in 1907. [Obituary,

Lynchburg News, 1 March 1974, Sect. B, p. 4, col. 1; Margaretta Harper, "Elizabeth Lewis," Elizabeth L.
(Lewis) Otey Collection (hereinafter Otey Collection), MS1424, Jones Memorial Library, Lynchburg, VA;
"Application for Membership, Virginia Society, Colonial Dames of America," Otey Collection.]

Elizabeth L. LEWIS married Dexter OTEY on 4 June 1910 in Lynchburg, Virginia.

["Invitation," Otey Collection.]

Mrs. OTEY was an active suffragette. "All during the 1920s Mrs. OTEY was
preaching political and economic equality for men and women, always stressing the point
that equal rights bring equal responsibilities." [Harper, "Elizabeth Lewis," loc.cit.]
In 1921, Elizabeth OTEY ran for statewide office on the Republican ticket. Later she
was a candidate for the House of Delegates on the Socialist ticket. [Harper, "Elizabeth Lewis,"

loc.cit.]

Following the death of her husband, Elizabeth OTEY moved to Washington, D. C., to
work in the new Social Security Administration. She later worked in the State
Department until she retired in 1948. [Harper, "Elizabeth Lewis," loc.cit.]
During her retirement, Elizabeth OTEY lived with her daughter and son-in-law in
Taiwan. In 1965, they returned to Lynchburg, where Mrs. OTEY was active in several
organizations, including the Unitarian Church, the Colonial Dames, the Southern
Memorial Association, and was actively involved in work to restore Point of Honor.

[Harper, "Elizabeth Lewis," loc.cit.]

Elizabeth Dabney Langhorne (LEWIS) OTEY died 28 February 1974. [Harper,

"Elizabeth Lewis," loc.cit.]

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